{"id":143698,"date":"2026-01-07T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143698"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:00:19","slug":"chinas-top-lithography-bet-shifts-gears-smee-sells-subsidiary-in-strategic-pivot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143698","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s top lithography bet shifts gears: SMEE sells subsidiary in strategic pivot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s state-backed lithography champion Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) has reshuffled its business, divesting a manufacturing arm as it sharpens its focus on research in Beijing\u2019s push for chip self-sufficiency.<br \/>\nSMEE \u2013 widely seen as China\u2019s best chance of closing the gap with Dutch lithography giant ASML \u2013 had transferred 100 per cent of its subsidiary Shanghai Weiyao Industrial to AMIES Technology, according to updates on corporate database Qichacha.<br \/>\nThe deal was priced at 228.5&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3339071\/chinas-top-lithography-bet-shifts-gears-smee-sells-subsidiary-strategic-pivot?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s state-backed lithography champion Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) has reshuffled its business, divesting a manufacturing arm as it sharpens its focus on research&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143698"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}